All about facelift of 2018 Hyundai Creta

All about facelift of 2018 Hyundai Creta

The 2018 Hyundai Creta facelift finally arrived with lots of offerings after a period of nearly three years since its first launch. Hyundai India has made sure that the wait was worth it by offering a host of exterior and interior updates that have made the 2018 Creta facelift smarter and more upmarket. Hyundai India has also cut down on a couple of variants bringing the variants offered to five i.e. SX (O), SX, S, E+ and – E. Here we present the broad level changes offered in the new against each variant.

Hyundai Creta SX(O)

The top-end SX(O) variant offers a host of premium additions like – standard 17-inch diamond cut alloys, leather seats, leather-wrapped console armrest, leather-wrapped door armrests. The SX(O) trim also comes with an intuitive, supervision instrument cluster, standard electric sunroof, and 6-way power adjustable driver seat. As part of connectivity, the SX(O) trim also gets Hyundai new smart key band (with mobile app), and wireless charging facility. As part of safety package, the Creta SX(O) gets a total of six airbags (both side and curtain), electronic stability control, vehicle stability management control, hill start assist, electro chromic mirror, height adjustable front seat belts, and lane change flash adjustment.

Hyundai Creta SX & SX Dual Tone

This SX variant comes with offerings like – the new 17-inch diamond cut alloys for the automatic and dual tone trims (single tone manual gets the 16-inch alloys), Bi-functional projector headlamps with cornering lights, LED position lights, chrome accents for the grille, rear chrome garnish (only for single tone option), chrome finished door handles, and shark fin antenna. The dual tone option gets a piano black roof.

Hyundai Creta S

This S trim comes with a bunch of premium offerings like 16-inch alloy wheels, LED daytime running lamps, and roof rails. As for the cabin, Hyundai offers small addition like matte finished inside door handles, rear parcel tray, and front USB charger for both petrol and diesel option, and a rear power outlet. The new Hyundai Creta also gets a rear armrest with cup holders, luggage net and hook, and adjustable rear headrests. In the S trim, both the petrol and diesel version get the 5-inch touchscreen audio system with all the support features mentioned above. As for safety features, the S trim comes with additions like – rear parking sensors, rear camera with parking guideline on centre display, front fog lamps and rear defogger with timer.

Hyundai Creta E+

This E+ variant only comes with one exterior update which is integrated LED turn indicators on the ORVMs. The cabin, on the other hand, comes with few additional bits like – electrically adjustable ORVMs, front USB charger (petrol model only), luggage area camp, along with a front map lamp and sunglasses holder (both petrol only). The biggest update, however, for the petrol variant at least, is 5-inch touchscreen audio system with USB and Mp3 player, which comes with Bluetooth connectivity and 1 GB internal storage. There are steering mounted controls for audio and Bluetooth, Hyundai i-Blue audio remote app, 4 speakers and 2 tweeters.